Colostomy ring



pn-i 25, H95@ H. N. EDWARDS COLOSTOMY RING Filed March 12. 1948 IIllllATI'DRN EYB Patented Apr. 25, 1950 l TE D S TAT ES 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to colostomy ring.

It is an object of present invention to provide a colostoiny ringadapted to be connected to a belt which is worn about the patient who isobliged to expel feces through an abdominal opening which can be easilyand readily removed irom the belt or other support for the purpose ofbeing cleaned or replaced and with a minimum of effort and time.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a colostomy ringfor belts or other supports, which is of simple construction,inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble and disassemble from thebelt or support, and efficient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a top planview looking into the pouch having the ring of the present invention.

Fig, 2 is a side elevational View of the pouch as assembled on a belt orother support.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the iigures, I represents a belt or abdominal supportin which a pouch II is tted and which catches and holds feces extrudedfrom an abdominal opening made by a surgeon when a persons conditionmakes it necessary for the rectum to be removed or closed. The pouch Ilis made of soft material and its open end is confined between a ring I2and an inner ring i3. The ring I2 is provided with a large flange I4 anda small iiange l5 spaced from the same to provide a groove I6 by whichthe ring I2 can be attached to an opening in belt I0. The large flangeI4 supports the pouch material of a large area about the abdominalopening so as to provide for a good engagement of the pouch with thebody surface and thereby to prevent leakage. A flange is accordinglyprovided of the pouch material as indicated at I'I.

The inner ring I3 is of curved section and adapted to have grippingengagement with a corresponding curved face of the ring I2. When thering I3 is fitted within the ring I2, the pouch material is securelygripped. When it is desired to remove the pouch and the rings forcleaning purposes, the inner ring I3 is forced outwardly of its grippingengagement with the pouch material and with the ring I2. The ring I2, ifdesired, can also be removed from the belt I0.

The ring elements are preferably made of stainless steel or similarmetal. The rings can be made of any size to t any size colostomy. Therings can be tted into a belt or any other form of support.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope orthe present invention as dened by the appended claim.

I claim:

colostoiny ring comprising' an external ring element made of a rigidmaterial having top flange adapted to be c eeted to a belt or the likesupport, inner r g adapted to have tight fitting engagement with theouter ring element, pouch having an opening portion adapted to be flaredand over the flange to have large area engagement about the abdominalopening, and said cuter ring element having a rounded surface over whichthe pouch material may be extended, said inner ring having a curvedsection corresponding to the rounded surface of the cuter ring elementwhereby to bend outwardly and evenly the pouch material upon beingextended over the ila-nge, and said outer ring ele ment having a flangeat its bottoni part whereby to provide a groove between flanges adaptedfor the connection of the outer ring element with the belt opening.

HARRELL N. EDWARDS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are oi record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,341,984 Graves Feb. 15, 1944FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 27,254 Great Britain Nov. 17, 1910of 1909 215,015 Germany Oct. 21, 1909 375,180 Germany May '7, 1923

